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economist suntribune whitchurch stouffville news thursday march 7 2002 no theatre for old town hall council to rent or sell building arrive alive please dont brink and drive this message brought to jou s a comnxrity struct o the stouffrifetritooe by joan ransberry staff writer a show of hands by members of whitchurchstouffville council deliv ered the final blow unanimously killing the move to convert the former town hall to a multipurpose facility includ ing a theatre for the performing arts the clock tower theatre associations plan to put the cultural facility into the 6800squarefoot civic avenue building was officially aborted tuesday when whitchurchstouffville council agreed to sell or lease the cen turyold landmark clock tower theatre association president eric button said councils decision to sell or lease the building was done without his knowledge i dont know anything about this decision said mr button im not aware of this while the theatre association will not occupy the old town hall it doesnt mean the plan to bring such a multi purpose facility to stouffville is dead stressed mr button we have been looking at other options said mr button the old town was one option i did like the old municipal building but it had its draw backs in determining the fate of the two- storey brick structure located directly behind the clock tower town staff was directed to apply a request for proposal plan to the facility the rfp method was used to deal with the old library property last sum mer when the library services moved to its new home in the justbuilt commu nity complex in memorial park south on a lease agreement with the town the care and share shoppe and the latcham gallery both occupy the old library while the town still owns the old- library property council agreed to con sider a private sale for the old town hall providing the terms were right well set the criteria said the towns chief executive officer nick kristoffy it starts the ball rolling said mr kristoffy there will be a rating system and it will not be determined just on financial wilf morley mobility transit group didnt know councifwas selling or leas ing building it leases space in matters but also on what contribution there could be to the downtown area under the rfp interested parties will be asked to submit an application of interestapplicants will be reviewed by staff and a recommendation regarding who would best occupy the former municipal building will be made to local council explained the ceo about two years ago the clock tower theatre association was given the go- ahead to renovate the former municipal building into a 400seat multipurpose facility including live theatre at the time local council agreed to hand over the building in a fiveyear lease agree ment at la year the stouffville cultural facility val ued at between 2 and 3 million came within reach when the municipal offices moved to the imperial centre on sandiford drive about three years ago the clock tower theatre association hired a theatre consultant to analysis the project the theatre association also considered launching a fundraising campaign veteran theatre consultant roger jones told council that with hard work ing volunteers the cultural complex could be realized providing it was multipurpose however the associa- tion was not able to get the project off the ground under the terms of the orig- it dr carol genin dr martin mcdowell optometrists 9056423937 6085 main st stouffville j inal agreement the town was to take back the property if the theatre associa tion failed to come up with a workable plan at present the building is occupied by tenants including wheels-on- wheels under the umbrella of the whitchurchstouffville mobility transit and stouffville this month as well as an art group the move to leasing or sell the old town hall caught local mobility transit president wilf morley off guard i didnt know council had done this said mr morley leasing or putting the old town hall oh the 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